Sam McCandlish

Sam McCandlish (#556)

Global Rank #556

Country Rank #217

Country United States

Sam McCandlish is listed among the world billionaires tracked by Iconic Billionaires.

$ 7 B
Artificial intelligence
United States
M
35 Years

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Global Rank #556

Country Rank #217

Net Worth $7.0B

Previous Worth $7.0B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country United States

Industry Artificial intelligence

Age 35 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence San Francisco, California

Citizenship United States

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Age 35

Source Of Wealth Artificial intelligence, Self Made

Residence San Francisco, California

Citizenship United States

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $7.0B

Current Net Worth $7.0B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Sam McCandlish is cofounder and chief technology officer of Anthropic, which builds large-scale artificial intelligence systems. He cofounded Anthropic in 2021 with six other ex-OpenAI employees. Anthropic, which private investors valued at $380 billion in February 2026, has partnerships with Google's parent company Alphabet and Amazon. McCandlish previously worked for three years as a member of the technical staff at OpenAI. He has a PhD in theoretical physics from Stanford.

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#567

Billionaires (2026)

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Current Net Worth: $7.0B (May 4, 2026)